Glasnost First

Wouldn’t it be good if alternative ideas to Bush-Cheney policies were not automatically deemed heresies? Dreher:

“The right has developed a vicious habit of tagging any dissenting conservative as a closet liberal. This folly has constructed an airtight bubble around the GOP and conservative leaders, not only depriving conservatism of constructive criticism from within its ranks, but also reinforcing the rank-and-file’s worst instincts.”